1951 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season

1951 Princeton Tigers football

Eastern champion

Conference| Independent
Ranking
Coaches| No. 6
AP| No. 6
Record| 9–0
Head coach|

* Charlie Caldwell (7th season)

Captain| David F. Hickok
Home stadium| Palmer Stadium

Seasons

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1952 ->

1951 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 6 Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Susquehanna |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0
Trenton State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0
Northeastern |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1
No. 19 Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Hofstra |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 16 Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1951 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team played its home games on campus at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. The independent Tigers won all nine games and were considered the best team in the East, winning the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, and finished sixth in both major polls.

Senior back Dick Kazmaier was a consensus All-American and won the Heisman Trophy by a wide margin;[1][2] he was the nation's total offense leader and most accurate passer.[3]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 29| NYU| No. 18|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 54–20| 12,000| [4]
October 6| at Navy| No. 14|

* Thompson Stadium
* Annapolis, MD

| W 24–20| 21,000| [5]
October 13| at Penn| No. 13|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| W 13–7| 60,000| [6]
October 20| Lafayette| No. 9|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 60–7| 15,000| [7]
October 27| No. 12 Cornell| No. 8|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 53–15| 49,000| [8]
November 3| Brown| No. 6|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 12–0| 21,000| [9]
November 10| at Harvard| No. 4|

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| W 54–13| 22,000| [10]
November 17| Yale| No. 6|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ (rivalry)

| W 27–0| 45,000| [11]
November 24| Dartmouth| No. 5|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 13–0| 27,000| [12]

* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Awards and honors[edit]

* Dick Kazmaier: Heisman Trophy,[1][2][13] Maxwell Award,[14] consensus All-American

## NFL Draft[edit]

Two Tigers were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft, held on January 17\.

Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise

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Dick Pivirotto | Back | 15 | 174 | Pittsburgh Steelers
Dick Kazmaier | Back | 15 | 176 | Chicago Bears

Source:[15]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Dick Kazmeier wins Heisman award". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 5, 1951. p. 37.
2. ^ a b "Kazmeier wins Heisman Trophy". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 5, 1951. p. 49.
3. ^ "1951 Heisman Trophy Award". Heisman. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009.
4. ^ "N.Y.U. Smothered by Tigers, 54-20". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. September 30, 1951. p. 21 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Ward, Gene (October 10, 1951). "Tigers Turn Back Navy Rally to Triumph, 24-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 95 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 14, 1951). "Princeton Beats Penn, 13-7; Tigers Take No. 16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. ^ "Princeton Tramples Lafayette, 60-7". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 21, 1951. p. 19 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 28, 1951). "Princeton Routs Cornell, 53-15; 18 in Row for Tiger". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 4, 1951). "Tigers Halt Brown by 12-0 for 19 in Row and Tie Mark". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 11, 1951). "Tigers Roll to 20th in Row, Trimming Harvard by 54-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. ^ Ward, Gene (November 18, 1951). "Princeton Rips Yale, 27-0, for 5th Big 3". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 100 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 25, 1951). "Kazmaier Injured as Tigers Down Dartmouth for Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
13. ^ "Heisman Winners". Heisman. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009.
14. ^ "College Football Awards - Maxwell Award". Football.about.com. March 4, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
15. ^ "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2014.

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